Canadian Study Finds Breastfed Babies Are Smarter

Wed, 07 May 2008 06:34:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "“Even though the treatment difference appears causal, it remains unclear whether the observed cognitive benefits of breastfeeding are due to some constituents of breast milk or are related to the physical and social interactions inherent in breastfeeding.”

The ability of these children was tested by doctors and teachers who examined these kids on the basis of their performance in reading, writing, mathematics and other subjects. The children who were breastfeed for long run scored higher in all departments than the other kids.

... it helps the immune system of the baby to be much strong so that it could resist and fight out many diseases."

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Toronto - It is very well known that breastfeeding is the main and very essential diet for young ones as it protects the child from various diseases and allergies. But recently a new study has found that breastfeeding helps the child to have a higher IQ level. This research has revealed a new and significant benefit of mother’s milk for the child.

The recent Canadian study was conducted on 14,000 children also involving mothers who support breastfeeding in a long run and those mothers who don’t believe in long-term breastfeeding. The results of this study were remarkable, with children who were breastfeed for a long-term showing great intelligence than rest.

Lead author Professor Michael Kramer said: “Long-term, exclusive breastfeeding appears to improve children’s cognitive development.”

The study appears in Archives of General Psychiatry.

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Gut hormone makes food look even yummier

Wed, 07 May 2008 06:11:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "It has also been well established that ghrelin activates feeding through its effects on the hypothalamus, where ghrelin receptors are densely concentrated. However, ghrelin also has specific effects on many brain regions implicated in reward and motivation.

[After ghrelin infusion], food pictures become even more salient—people actually see them better. It influences not only visual processing, but also memory. People remembered the food pictures better when ghrelin was high.”"

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A gut hormone that causes people to eat more does so by making food appear more desirable, suggests a new report in the May issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press. In a brain imaging study of individuals, the researchers found that reward centers respond more strongly to pictures of food in subjects who had received an infusion of the hormone known as ghrelin.

The findings suggest that the two drives for feeding—metabolic signals and pleasure signals—are actually intertwined.

“When you go to the supermarket hungry, every food looks better,” said Alain Dagher of the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University. “Your brain assigns a cost versus benefit to every food item. Now, we’ve found that it is ghrelin that acts on the brain to make food more appealing.”

Ghrelin levels are known to rise before a meal and fall afterwards, suggesting that it causes hunger and encourages eating.

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Canadian Study Finds Breastfed Babies Are Smarter

Gut hormone makes food look even yummier